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Marvin Humphrey commented on LEGAL-298:
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The SCSL is not an Open Source license, and has never been represented as one by Sun, it's
author. Consider the Executive Summary from the SCSL rationale document _Sun Community Source
License Principles_ by Richard P. Gabriel and Bill Joy:
http://www.immagic.com/eLibrary/ARCHIVES/GENERAL/SUN/S981209G.pdf
{quote}
Community Source creates a community of widely available software source code just as does
the Open Source model, but with two significant differences requested by our licensees, as
follows:
* compatibility among deployed versions of the software is required and enforced through testing
* proprietary modifications and extensions including performance improvements are allowed
These important differences and other details make Community Source a powerful combination
of the best of the proprietary licensing and the more contemporary open source technology
licensing models.
{quote}
Section II of the SCSL 3.0 explicitly forbids commercial use except in conjunction with the
Commercial Use Supplement ("CUSupp"), effectively a second license appended to the SCSL:
{quote}
COMMERCIAL USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF TECHNOLOGY IS PERMITTED ONLY UNDER OPTIONAL SUPPLEMENTS/ATTACHMENTS
TO THIS LICENSE.
{quote}
The CUSupp elaborates on the definition of "Commercial Use":
{quote}
"Commercial Use" means uses and distributions of Covered Code for any direct or indirect commercial
or strategic gain or advantage.
{quote}
An explicit agreement with the Original Contributor (Sun, now Oracle) is required for the
CUSupp to take force:
{quote}
This Commercial Use Supplement General Terms ("CUSupp") is required for Commercial Use of
Covered Code and shall be made effective as to any Technology specified in a Technology Specific
Attachment once such Technology Specific Attachment is signed by You and Original Contributor.
{quote}
My analysis is that the SCSL belongs in Category X, under the subcategory "Non-commercial
licenses".
I suggest that Hive research whether the jar file in question is available under another license.
> Is SCSL 3.0 license acceptable?
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>
> Key: LEGAL-298
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-298
> Project: Legal Discuss
> Issue Type: Question
> Reporter: Alan Gates
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> Apache Hive includes a jar in its binary distribution that is licensed under SCSL 3.0
(http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/SCSL3.0.rtf). As this license is not listed on
the "resolved" page we are not sure if this is an acceptable license or not.
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